This beautiful design is from Deborah Davis at Craftsuprint.
It really inspired me to craft the card you can see.
I cut out a lavender border to the design,following the shape
then matted both on a lovely pale mint pearl A5 card blank.
I layered the centre frame with foam pads and added the butterfly
decoupage with silicone glue, shaping the purple butterfly downward
and the gorgeous pink butterfly outwards and upwards.

It is a really stunning card.
The butterflies were decorated with cristal,
pink and lavender stickles glitter before I added them to the card.
I added 3 pale green cristal gems
from each corner inwards to focus attention on the centre image.

I completed the card with a narrow
mint coloured satin ribbon and bow around the spine,with another tiny gem on the bow.
I added a pale lavender silk paper insert with narrow double sided tape.

The result is a lovely feminine card that oozes peace and tranquility.

lunes, 25 de febrero de 2013

A fun, colourful and eyecatching decoupage card
of 3 owls with little beetles.

A design from Sallyanne O'connell at www.craftsuprint.com .
I matted on a lovely bright pink mirri card
then mounted on a white large DL cardblank.
Layered with foam pads.
Makes a great card for many occasions.

ACCESSORIESIf you have a thermomix you 'll only requirea spatula2 baking trays covered with oven parchment or a silcone sheet. (At Matina Cookies we use the Ikea flat trays,which are ideal for biscuits.)METHODOVEN preheated to 180ºC( or 160ºC if you use fan mode)If your "whatever" ingredients are whole, give them a light blitz ( 2 or 3 seconds)with the turbo button.Or chop as preferred.

1. grind the sugar in the thermomix. 6 secs on speed 9.

2.Add butter at room temperature, or soften for 30secs at 60ºc speed3.

3.cream butter and sugar 20secs on speed 4. Check if you need to scrape down the sides and continue.

5. Add flour. Mix for 20secs on speed 5.6. Add your WHATEVER ingredients. This time I`ve used some glacé cherries and chopped almonds. They weren't toasted,so I popped them in the oven for 10 mins beforehand to make them nice and crunchy.Mix for 10secs on reverse and speed 4.

They can also be incorporated by hand and stirred with the spatula.Now,roll the mix into little balls ,more or less the size of a walnutand place on the prepared baking sheets leaving room for spreading in the oven.

Here I've added a few chopped toasted almonds prior to cooking.I topped the second batch with slices of glacé cherries.Bake for 10 to 12 minutes .

Take them out of the oven and leave to cool on a cooling rack.

When completely cool they can be put in an airtight tin or container.....

........or eaten up by the family!

These have gone down very well!

I've previously made them with apricots which are deelisshhhious!The little people of the family love them with choc. chips or smarties!It's a matter of what you need using up!Happy baking and let me know if you like the recipe.

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